March 7th

Today in America's Present Past

1644 | Massachusetts establishes the first two-chamber legislature.

1707 | Founding: Stephen Hopkins was born.

1799 | Violence breaks out during “Fries's Rebellion.”

1801 | Massachusetts enacts first state voter registration law.

1837 | Astronomer Henry Draper was born.

1843 | Civil Rights: First Catholic governor in US, Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office.

Whitcomb Judson’s zipper patent

1846 | Entrepreneur Whitcomb Judson was born.

1847 | US forces occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico.

1876 | Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for the telephone.

1911 | 20,000 US troops arrive at the Mexico-American border.

1932 | Ford Hunger riot in Dearborn, Michigan.

1940 | Poet Edwin Markham died.

1942 | Entrepreneur Michael Eisner was born.

1959 | Entrepreneur Hinsdale Smith died.

A scene from “Bloody Sunday,” with protestors being beaten by government agents.

1965 | Civil Rights: “Bloody Sunday” occurs in Selma, Alabama, when police attacked civil rights marchers.

1967 | Teamster outlaw Jimmy Hoffa begins an 8-year federal prison sentence.

1975 | Congress: U.S. Senate revises filibuster rule to allow 60 members to limit debate.

1985 | Entrepreneur Victor W. Farris died.

1986 | Politician Jacob Javits died.

1999 | Director Stanley Kubrick died.